Couleecap INC: FY2021 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 39-1077614)

Hetti Brown’s $148K as Executive Director is at the 58th percentile of top reported officer pay among 163 $10–100M mutual/membership nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Hetti Brown	$148,010	$143,038	$138,722	$134,192	$132,805
Amy Felber	$96,591	$91,234	$87,922	$78,248	$74,757

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Fights poverty and promotes self-sufficiency by identifying needs and providing services in four Western Wisconsin counties.

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3 programs · $7.0M · in their own filed words · FY2021

01

Housing Assistance

Provides transitional housing for the homeless; permanent housing and rental assistance for homeless individuals with disabilities; weatherization activities; housing rehabilitation assistance to low-income; home purchase assistance and home buyer counseling; low-income rental housing, development of housing; and ensures the continued…

$4.1Mprogram expense

02

Emergency Assistance

Provides food; clothing; fuel assistance; eviction prevention payments; utility payment assistance; emergency furnace repair or replacement; and information and referral; and disaster recovery assistance.

$2.5Mprogram expense

03

Community Collaboration

Participation on local boards, committees, coalition and community groups to identify community needs, create partnerships, develop action plans, and leverage resources.

$414Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid

Grants received · FY2025

La Crosse Community FoundationFY2025$122K

Great Rivers United Way INCFY2025$40K

Alm Charities INCFY2025$8K

Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$169K

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Grants paid · 20 grants · $17.7M · 2020–2024

Unitemized GrantFY2024$3,125,072

Unitemized GrantFY2024$1,070,008

Unitemized GrantFY2024$383,516

Unitemized GrantFY2024$10,151

Unitemized GrantFY2023$2,665,820

Unitemized GrantFY2023$813,513

Unitemized GrantFY2023$228,783

Unitemized GrantFY2023$24,674

Unitemized GrantFY2022$2,787,082

Unitemized GrantFY2022$541,105

Unitemized GrantFY2022$105,012

Unitemized GrantFY2022$74,079

Unitemized GrantFY2021$1,987,603

Unitemized GrantFY2021$958,353

Unitemized GrantFY2021$125,161

Unitemized GrantFY2021$43,585

Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,403,879

Unitemized GrantFY2020$1,149,540

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By the numbers

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$8.4M

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M

Fees for servicesLn 2g$316K

Other incomeLn 4–11$126K

Money outPt IX

$8.1M

Ln 25

Programscol B$7.6M

Managementcol C$538K

Fundraisingcol D$27K

Owns and owesPt X

$3.2M

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.7M

Total assetsLn 16$14.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$11.3M

PeoplePt VI, VII

29

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a27

IndependentVI 1b27

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$8.0M

Government grantsLn 1e$7.5M

Noncash giftsLn 1g$901K

Fundraising eventsLn 1c$20K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$316K

Investment incomeLn 3$6K

Other incomeLn 4–11$126K

Total revenueLn 12$8.4M

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$131K

SavingsLn 2$2.5M

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.7M

InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.1M

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.8M

Total assetsLn 16$14.5M

LiabilitiesLn 26$11.3M

Net assetsLn 32$3.2M

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 572

VolunteersI 6120

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14Yes

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY21	End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$2.5M	$2.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$4.2M	$4.1M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$2.9M	$2.8M
Total assetsLn 16	$15.1M	$14.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26	$12.2M	$11.3M
Net assetsLn 32	$2.9M	$3.2M

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2	$4.0M	$4.0M
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5	$245K		$245K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$1.8M	$1.7M	$58K	$4K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8	$102K	$100K	$2K	$252
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$908K	$801K	$104K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$167K	$145K	$22K	$365
Legal feesLn 11b	$350		$350
Accounting feesLn 11c	$28K	$2K	$26K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$118K	$118K		$550
Office expensesLn 13	$189K	$159K	$16K	$14K
OccupancyLn 16	$101K	$75K	$27K	$300
TravelLn 17	$34K	$25K	$9K	$59
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$25K	$25K
InterestLn 20	$46K	$46K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$158K	$158K
InsuranceLn 23	$64K	$51K	$12K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$77K	$73K		$4K
All other expensesLn 24e	$63K	$47K	$16K	$203
Total functional expensesLn 25	$8.1M	$7.6M	$538K	$27K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 Latest	$14.8M	$12.0M	$2.8M	$10.9M	990 PDF
FY2023	$12.0M	$10.4M	$1.6M	$8.0M	990 PDF
FY2022	$11.5M	$9.3M	$2.2M	$6.5M	990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing	$8.4M	$8.1M	$274K	$3.2M	990 PDF
FY2020	$10.3M	$9.5M	$815K	$2.9M	990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support M · Noncash O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $8,423,609 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $9,641,145$7,975,575

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $502,336$316,083

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $6,820$6,388

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $180,058$125,563

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,330,359$8,423,609

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $5,718,650$4,015,784

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $2,942,670$3,230,465

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $853,702$902,956

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,515,022$8,149,205

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $815,337$274,404

Part VI · Governance 27 of 27 board members independent, no flags

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body27

VI-1b Independent voting members27

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $8,423,609 across 11 lines filed

Lines not itemized here account for −$118,294 of total revenue; see the IRS return.

VIII-1a Federated campaigns$114,974

VIII-1c Fundraising events$19,511

VIII-1e Government grants$7,522,340

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$318,750

VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$901,082

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$7,975,575

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $316,083$316,083

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $6,388$6,388

VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsExcluded from tax −$595−$595

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Excluded from tax $244,452$244,452

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $197,789 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $250,245$8,423,609

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $8,149,205 across 18 lines filed

IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $4,015,784$4,015,784

IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $245,430$245,430

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $1,745,690 · Management $57,858 · Fundraising $4,407$1,807,955

IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $99,761 · Management $2,019 · Fundraising $252$102,032

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $801,173 · Management $104,489 · Fundraising $2,022$907,684

IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $144,608 · Management $22,391 · Fundraising $365$167,364

IX-11b Legal feesManagement $350$350

IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $2,500 · Management $25,500$28,000

IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $117,617 · Fundraising $550$118,167

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $158,866 · Management $16,108 · Fundraising $14,201$189,175

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $74,683 · Management $26,516 · Fundraising $300$101,499

IX-17 TravelPrograms $25,063 · Management $8,644 · Fundraising $59$33,766

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $24,639$24,639

IX-20 InterestPrograms $45,904$45,904

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $157,880$157,880

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $51,486 · Management $12,449$63,935

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $72,521 · Fundraising $4,350$76,871

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $46,720 · Management $15,847 · Fundraising $203$62,770

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,584,895 · Management $537,601 · Fundraising $26,709$8,149,205

Part X · Balance sheet $14,488,580 assets, 19 lines filed

Asset lines not itemized here account for $3,554,525; see the IRS return.

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $125,995$131,336

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,374,729$2,535,634

X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $620,087$752,082

X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $345,301$120,351

X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $726,714$389,066

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $54,225$96,555

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $2,859,622$2,828,676

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $9,022$20,125

X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $38,727$79,637

X-13 Program-related investmentsStart of year $4,154,862$3,980,593

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $15,093,750$14,488,580

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $705,754$721,458

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $283,494$226,122

X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $9,732,317$9,171,702

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $12,181,022$11,301,448

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $2,220,810$2,258,327

X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $691,918$928,805

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $2,912,728$3,187,132

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $15,093,750$14,488,580

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,187,132 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$8,423,609

XI-2 Total expenses$8,149,205

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$274,404

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$2,912,728

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,187,132

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2021 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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